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By Sarah on July 9, 2012
There are a lot of great music-things going on in Chicago this week! Â In addition to street festivals and the Taste of Chicago, we’ve also got Pitchfork rolling through, which should keep people busy for a while. I’ll be absconding off to Louisville, Kentucky, for the Forecastle Festival, so I’ll miss out on all of […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged a lull, actor slash model, alan resnic, birds of chicago, blitzen trapper, briar rabbit, calexico, cameron mcgill, casey crescenzo, chris pureka, cole degenova, death cab for cutie, delicate steve, delta rae, dirty beaches, double door, eisley, empty bottle, evanston space, father john misty, fiona apple, gal pals, gia margaret, harrison hudson, james vincent mcmorrow, jeremy david miller, josh rosen, kids these days, las guitarras de espana, lincoln hall, little misters, lower dens, marc cohn, martyrs', merriment, millennium park, mornin' old sport, mucca pazza, night moves, no joy, noumenon, pat lyons, rebecca pidgeon, right away great captain!, robbie fulks, sanctified grumblers, sarah jaffe, schubas, secret colours, shiloh, shovels & rope, subterranean, taste of chicago, the chicago theatre, the earth is a man, the future laureates, the right now, the sadies, the shams band, unknown mortal orchestra, waco brothers, windy city ribfest
By Sarah on May 26, 2012
Here are some songs I played on the radio on Friday night. As always, you can hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. 9:54 PM Mike Reed’s People, Places & Things The Lady Has a Bomb from Clean on the Corner (482 Music) […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged birthmark, bond, bone & bell, brandi carlile, bright eyes, cheer-accident, emm gryner, florence & the machine, jens lekman, jesca hoop, joe henry, jon langford, jon porras, josiah leming, kathleen edwards, kelly hogan, lightships, lower dens, megafaun, mike reed's people places & things, poor moon, rhett miller, richard shindell, sally timms, st. vincent, thao & mirah, the louvin brothers, the watson twins, young man
By Sarah on May 5, 2012
You can hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. 9:55 PM Retribution Gospel Choir Poor Man’s Daughter from 2 (Sub Pop) 9:50 PM Lushlife Still I Hear the Word Progress (featuring Styles P) from Plateau Vision (Western Vinyl) 9:48 PM Benjamin Taylor Something […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged alex winston, andrew bird, benjamin taylor, carissa's wierd, carrie manolakos, duffy, emily wells, evans the death, father john misty, georgia anne muldrow, horse feathers, joan as police woman, jordie lane, kate bush, kristin hersh, lotus plaza, lower dens, lushlife, mavis staples, mutts, nneka, retribution gospel choir, rufus wainwright, sharon van etten, the decemberists, the rescues, the right now, the world/inferno friendship society, tori amos
By Sarah on March 5, 2012
At first, I thought this was going to be the start of the mass exodus of good shows in Chicago, as everyone heads down to Austin for SXSW. Â And then I looked at the listings and was like, oh, there’s a lot of good stuff going on, most of which I can’t make it to. […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged 1 2 3, alabama shakes, andy davis, cains & abels, canasta, drew grow & the pastors' wives, empty bottle, evanston space, football, great life, hideout, hollywood holt, honey & buffalo, honey island swamp band, in tall buildings, jason myles goss, jennifer castle, john oates, judson claiborne, julia nunes, julian velard, katie herzig, kids these days, korallreven, laura gibson, leah druzinsky, lincoln hall, lower dens, many places, mar caribe, maritime, mark rose, martyrs', michael lux and the bad sons, musikanto, mutts, outer minds, panoramic & true, paper thick walls, psychic twin, redgrave, robbie fulks, robert sarazin blake, rose cousins, sam vicari, santah, scattered trees, schubas, subterranean, teitur, the bears of blue river, the head and the heart, the heligoats, the hoyle brothers, the kickback, the minor leagues, the oak creek band, the stay smooth, the vic, the waco brothers, tin tin can, unicycle loves you, van ghots, vic & gab, yellow ostrich, young magic
By Sarah on July 25, 2011
It looks like the heat wave has snapped (for now), so maybe it’s time for me to come out of hibernation. I’m planning on checking out Cass McCombs at Schubas tomorrow night, and there are a few weekend shows that look mighty tempting. Monday, July 25 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Rachel Ries; Millennium Park. […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged alex hall, band of heathens, ben ripani, blasted diplomats, brett randell, casey mcdonough, cass mccombs, chris smither, cloudbirds, danielia cotton, death ships, evanston space, fireside bowl, good evening, heartless bastards, hideout, jackie myers band, jc brooks & the uptown sound, jeffrey david, kelly hogan, kole, like pioneers, lincoln hall, little tybee, lou pride, lower dens, martyrs', millennium park, musikanto, nora o'connor, old town school of folk music, rachel ries, schubas, scott ligon, shawn mullins, ted leo and the pharmacists, the aragon, the decemberists, the down feathers, the flat five, the head and the heart, william elliott whitmore